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Attic plate depicting a Scythian archer, who is beardless and therefore possibly female. The archer is depicted with the traditional hip-slung bow case (gorytos) and a compound bow. Made by Epictetus, dated to 520-500 BCE. The British Museum...

The Khmer empire was a powerful state in South East Asia, formed by people of the same name, lasting from 802 CE to 1431 CE. At its peak, the empire covered much of what today is Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, and southern Vietnam. By the 7th...

The Munich Agreement, signed on 30 September 1938 at the Munich Conference attended by the leaders of Britain, France, Italy, and Germany, handed over the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany in the hope that this act of appeasement would...

The Peace of Westphalia, the name given to the multiple treaties, marked the conclusion of the Thirty Years' War. Signed on 24 October 1648, it aimed to secure political autonomy for the multitude of small states that made up the Holy Roman...

The League of Nations was founded in January 1920 to promote world peace and welfare. Created by the Treaty of Versailles, which formally ended the First World War (1914-18), the League provided a forum where nations promised to resolve international...

The three Anglo-Maratha Wars (1775-1819) were fought between the Maratha Confederacy of India (aka the Mahrattas, 1674-1818) and the British East India Company (EIC). The Maratha Hindu princes were rarely unified, and so the EIC steadily...

A composite image illustrating the various trends in Scythian looks, clothing, weapons, and jewelry inspired by evidence found in Scythian burial sites.

Luristan Bronze artefact from Iron Age II or III, c. 950-650 BCE. National Museum of Iran, Tehran. Acc. no. 3915, Photograph by Nima Fakourzadeh (Baloot Noghrei) In archaeology, the cast objects with bronze decorations obtained from the...

Gold rhyton (Takuk in Persian), found in the Qaflankuh highlands near Ziwiyeh, late 7th to early 8th century BCE. The extensive collection of precious artefacts from the first millennium BCE, known as the Ziwiyeh Treasure has been controversial...

Bronze axe head topped with a man ruling animals, found in Saqqiz, Luristan, from Iron Age II (c. 1100-900 BCE). National Museum of Iran, Tehran. cc. no. 1434, photo by Neda Tehrani (Baloot Noghrei). Following the collapse of civilizations...